The only thing I recognize in my yard right now are the dandelions. I’m not comfortable as of yet to forage anything else. I haven’t mown yet as I wanted to give the pollinators a jump start, but will have to soon as it’s all tall enough that my dog almost disappears walking through it lol. I’m in north central Texas so everything is waking up beautifully. I wish I had more confidence in what I’m looking at. I’ve saved a book I read about called “Culpeper’s Complete Herbal: Illustrated & Annotated Edition” that I want to get.
I’m in Minnesota, similar to Vermont in how the seasons unfold. It’s been an extremely warm winter here, but it’s still a bit early for most plants, though nettles and Motherwort are putting up leaves a few weeks earlier than usual. Thanks for the foraging encouragement!
Snow melted yesterday, so we are focused on pumping out the basement and trying to get home through the mud. This post is a wonderful reminder different times are coming.
The violet syrup is very good. We made it last spring, using a recipe from Stalking the Healthful Herbs, after having facilitated a violet takeover of a large formerly grassy patch at the edge of the woods.
Thank you for this info! I have recently moved to an area that is heavily wooded with a river thru it. It is still a bit slippery out with patches of ice in the shade, but I'm keeping my eye out for things to harvest. I've already told my neighbor they are not allowed to mow until I come and see what is in their yards! Last year I missed violets and crabapples to make jelly. Hopefully not this year. I LOVE your site!
The snow just left ,ground is just unthawed, nothing is growing yet. The apple trees and grapevines are pruned. Digging dandelion roots, burdock roots and horseradish roots. Also, even tho it's way early, seeds and bulbs/ tubers that often overwinter in
garden get planted now, such as onion sets, both stored and overwintered in garden, potatoes, carrots seeds, peas and lettuce seeds. Too early for violets yet.
I'm excited to try the wild violet jelly! I harvested some black cherry bark and plan to make a cough syrup and I brought in some branches and put them in water to force them to bloom early just to have flowers in the house. Thanks for all the useful information you provide!
Thanks for including ramps (wild leeks) in your comprehensive list.Often overlooked, and I don’t like their pungent odor, but they are the first to green our patch of forest in the Alleghenies. An old man comes to harvest some for a local rampfest.
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Thanks for all the inspiration to get me outside in the COLD air again. Will be checking my yard very carefully for all these beauties.
The only thing I recognize in my yard right now are the dandelions. I’m not comfortable as of yet to forage anything else. I haven’t mown yet as I wanted to give the pollinators a jump start, but will have to soon as it’s all tall enough that my dog almost disappears walking through it lol. I’m in north central Texas so everything is waking up beautifully. I wish I had more confidence in what I’m looking at. I’ve saved a book I read about called “Culpeper’s Complete Herbal: Illustrated & Annotated Edition” that I want to get.
Wow, thank you for all the dandelion recipes—fantastic!
I’m in Minnesota, similar to Vermont in how the seasons unfold. It’s been an extremely warm winter here, but it’s still a bit early for most plants, though nettles and Motherwort are putting up leaves a few weeks earlier than usual. Thanks for the foraging encouragement!
Snow melted yesterday, so we are focused on pumping out the basement and trying to get home through the mud. This post is a wonderful reminder different times are coming.
The violet syrup is very good. We made it last spring, using a recipe from Stalking the Healthful Herbs, after having facilitated a violet takeover of a large formerly grassy patch at the edge of the woods.
Thank you for this info! I have recently moved to an area that is heavily wooded with a river thru it. It is still a bit slippery out with patches of ice in the shade, but I'm keeping my eye out for things to harvest. I've already told my neighbor they are not allowed to mow until I come and see what is in their yards! Last year I missed violets and crabapples to make jelly. Hopefully not this year. I LOVE your site!
The snow just left ,ground is just unthawed, nothing is growing yet. The apple trees and grapevines are pruned. Digging dandelion roots, burdock roots and horseradish roots. Also, even tho it's way early, seeds and bulbs/ tubers that often overwinter in
garden get planted now, such as onion sets, both stored and overwintered in garden, potatoes, carrots seeds, peas and lettuce seeds. Too early for violets yet.
I'm excited to try the wild violet jelly! I harvested some black cherry bark and plan to make a cough syrup and I brought in some branches and put them in water to force them to bloom early just to have flowers in the house. Thanks for all the useful information you provide!
Thanks for including ramps (wild leeks) in your comprehensive list.Often overlooked, and I don’t like their pungent odor, but they are the first to green our patch of forest in the Alleghenies. An old man comes to harvest some for a local rampfest.
I’m harvesting the green tops of my potato onions and garlic, chives, cleavers, evening primrose roots, and henbit dead nettle.